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The head gasket had 3 holes in it, I think that’s the largest available gasket. I could coat it in VHT copper cement spray for head gaskets in an effort to fill in the gaps.

Well I’ll have to shorten the valve stem also to avoid issues I suppose.

I’m going to bring it to the machine shop. I think the valve seats can be re-worked so the valves sit a bit lower to maintain clearance

I need some advice concerning a cylinderhead. As you know a have a second engine on hand that currently is in the process of refreshing. The engine as it sits is now completely dismantled. I checked over the crank and polished the bearing surfaces and they measure all within spec as per rave...

Yes indeed it has that number on it

Well, the noise is from the injection pump housing. With a stethoscope it is clear that this is the source, with the intake installed it resonated a lot and so it seemed at first to be coming from the ofh. I have a second pump on hand and will replace it next weekend. Actually I bought a e39...

Morning, Just sticked my head under the bonnet again of the p38. I've let the car idle a bit, when cold no noise at all, when getting warmer the knock appears. Strangely enough I never thought about touching the oil cooler feed and return lines, I noticed only one of them is warm, the other...

Well the reason I asked this because I found there is too little oil in the housing upon removing the filter. There is oil in there and the filter definitely filters the oil. The noise my engine keeps making is almost undeniable from the ofh. I took a look in there but there is not much to see...

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Quick question, the oil filter housing (ofh), should it remain full of oil? What I mean is, if you let the car sit for a day and you open de ofh should it be full of oil? I would think so but I wanted the opinion from someone here. It is not the case for my car

Alright, I think I'm going to attempt a timing chain replacement myself. But first I need to source the parts and some tools. I use Autodoc for parts orders. Does anybody have any recommendations for timing chain kits, I see there are different makes available from cheap to expensive. I did...

I opened up thee re-circulation motor and there is no variable resistor in there only pinions and a motor. I also noticed there are no marks on the pinions for that one. On the other hand there are some marks on the pinions of the blend motors in the center. It will be trial and error, I'm...

Forgot to ask, I’m going to replace the blend flap motors all 3 since they connect to the same wiring harness. Could I use parts from the old ones to repare the recirculation motors? Someone made a remark about alignment, but the axle has a flat spot to align with. Maybe one should check the...

Found some time today and decided to take the injector 4 out. No big deal came out easy. Now waiting for the new one to arrive. In the mean time I had a look at the messages from hevac concerning the recirculation door motors. Well what can I say it’s caput, the pinion axle snapped off and...

Did the same thing a while back, on the ground using jack stands. I removed it from under the car to be able to clean it around the pump.

I shouldn't of said that it runs fine hot and cold before, I tried to start it an hour or 2 ago but it didn't start right away like it normally does. Opened the hood and there was a noticeable diesel smell, after checking it looks like injector 4 has a leak now. Plenty of air in the feed line...

Yes, I think it is also a good idea to replace that one. If I'm at it I might as well replace it. Would the pulley used for the BMD M51 e36 or e39 fit for the p38? Yesterday I connected some more cabling and the I had fewer error logged by the nanocom, only clutch and left and right...

Ok just a little update. Went on a trip with my bike for a week came back and I decided to continue with maintenance. So I replaced the thermostat, water pump, viscous fan, belts, pullies for the tensioner, the one next to the tensioner and in front of generator, replaced the glow plugs...

Does it jumpt time if so?

I’m going to check the valve clearances, since all belts are off I can turn the crank and I will be able to check